The Cat Came Back

Now old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own

He had a yellow cat who wouldn't leave his home

He tried and he tried to give the cat away

He gave it to a man going far, far away

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away

Now, the man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight

He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite

He waited and he waited for the cat to come around

Ninety-seven pieces of the man is all they found

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon

He told him to take it to the man in the moon

The balloon came down about ninety miles away

Where the man is now, well I dare not say

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away

He gave it to a man going way out West

He told him to take it to the one he loved the best

First the train hit the track, then it jumped the rail

Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away

Now, the cat was a father of a family of his own

With seven little kittens, then came a cyclone

It tore the houses all apart and tossed the cat around

The air was filled with kittens, not a one was found

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away

But the cat came back the very next day

The cat came back, they thought he was a goner

But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away